Neighbor gets back at entitled Karen for tossing smelly, unbagged food in her trash: 'I literally dumped the entire can out'

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Jul 16, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Getting back at one's neighbor is always tricky. One's actions must be passive-aggressive enough for one's annoying nuisance of a neighbor to get the picture, but one's action must also not be so dire that it starts the kind of all-out conflict that could end grimly for all parties involved.  

Here, we have a neighbor who started to notice that the Karen next door was dumping trash into the Redditor's trash bin. Of course, the first offense could be interpreted as a one-time thing, but once it started occurring regularly, this quickly became an issue. It also became clear that the trash she put in her neighbor's bin was the kind of trash she didn't want to put in her own bin because it was smelly and gross. Furthermore, she left that trash completely unbagged, so it only made the smell worse. 

Keep scrolling below to see how the Redditor gave the Karen next door a piece of her mind. For more, check out this post about a resident who got back at their entitled neighbor by building an eight-foot fence just to prove a point.

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  • 01
    TRIP "I left the lid open for good measure"
    via theblowup
  • 02
    Posted by u/Canadas Neighbor 1 day ago Neighbor kept tossing unbagged food into my trashcan so I moved it next to their patio/entertainment area
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 03
    Basically the title. My neighbor and I both keep our trash cans out front in between our houses, except we make sure our own cans are on our own property. They're like 5 feet away from eachother.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 04
    I'm a bit controlling, I don't throw anything away unless it's wrapped in a trash bag, to avoid my can smelling like a melting heap of s t.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 05
    After some years, they've gotten a lot more comfortable with crossing small boundaries: letting their dogs run all over our property, dig under
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 06
    our fence, and most recently this year: throwing dog sh t and open food containers into our trash cans. I noticed because it suddenly got really smelly, even though it should have been fairly empty because the trash man just picked up the previous morning.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 07
    So I opened the lid, and lo and behold there were 5 half even pizzas in their boxes chucked in there, along with some party sht and dog sh t. I knew it was my neighbor because they literally just had a party for their teenager, and I saw them in their garage eating pizza.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 08
    Normally I'd just call for a trash can cleaning service but it's expensive and my neighbor definitely did this sł ton purpose.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 09
    So instead, I rolled my trash can to the backyard and placed it as close to the fence as i could. Because on the other side of that fence is their
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 10
    patio/entertaining area that they use constantly. Ive left the lid open for good measure and last time I was out there I overheard my neighbor complaining about the smell. They were setting up sl : for another party too. Oh well.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 11
    Mobile-Bee6312 +2. 1 day ago Lol. Nice! Now, burn some eggs to throw in there
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 12
    jlessify 1 day ago I'm stuck on trash can cleaning service. Does this exist? Where can I find this service
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 13
    tabbycat4 +1.1 day ago I had a neighbor who absolutely filled my trash can twice with unbagged nasty trash. I dumped it into a trash bag both times and placed it by their trash.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 14
    The next time they did it, I literally dumped the entire can out right next to their trash bags and cans and went back to my yard to hose my can out since it had m ots in it because of their unbagged trash. They never did it again.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 15
    briomio +1.1 day ago Could the teenager (unknown to them) have placed the garbage in your can?
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 16
    GargantuanGreenGoats 22 hr. ago I assumed this is what +1 . happened. Filled their own trash then used the neighbour's.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 17
    Hrothgar_hrat 1 day ago Launch it onto their roof. A trebuchet comes to mind.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 18
    ContributionDry2252 9 hr. ago If you can access Swedish surströmming (fermented herring), adding some would greatly enhance the effect. It smells so bad that it's usually recommended to be opened outdoors, under water.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 19
    FuriousColdMiracle 18 hr. ago "Normally I'd just call for a trash can cleaning service...?" You can call someone who will come out to your house and you pay them to clean your trash can? Where in the world are you? I do this with water from a hose. For free.
    via u/CanadasNeighbor
  • 20
    Hello3424. 21 hr. ago Please say you set up a fan to enhance e the smell going that way
    via u/CanadasNeighbor

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